Fish lure



W 1931- J. E. SPEICH 1,803,777

FISH LURE Filed May 51, 1 929 2 Vf/VTOK w/rA/zss Br c9602. 27%. Mv

Patented May 5, 1931 UNITED STATES T JULIUS E. SPEICH, F NEDBbW, NEWYORK ms]: nuns Application filed Kay 81,

This invention relates to a fish lure commonly known as artificial baitinvolving the use of an elongated float having means at one end forattachment to a fish line and its other end ada ted to receive andsupport a plurality o fish hooks and'a flexible rudder.

The main object is to provide a device of this character with meanswhereby when drawn through the water the entire device 1 exclusive ofthe line attachment will be rotated b impact with the water.

Another ob'ect is to attach the hooks to the rear end 0 the float toextend rearwardly therefrom in transverse spaced relation and toarrangethe flexible rudder between the hooks for the purpose of guiding thefloat in a substantially rectilinear direction when drawn through thewater.

A further object is to rovide yielding guards for the pointsof t e hooksand to attach each hook and its guard to the float by one and the samefastening means.

Another object is to provide'the yielding guard for each hook with adepression or recess for receiving the point of the hook.

Other objects anduses relating to specific features described will bebrought out in the following description. In the drawings Fig. 1 is anouter face view of a fish lure embodying the various features of myinvention except that the draft head is shown in section.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 2-2, Fig. I. V

Fi 3 is a faceview of one of the detached guards showing the depressiontherein.

Fig. 4 is a face view of-the hook with the apertured end of the shank insection, and a sectional view of the guard, showing also a ortion of thefloat inv section, and the. means or attaching the hook and guard to thefloat.

As illustrated, this devlce comprises an elongated float or main body -1provided with peripherial iral ribs 2-- extending lengthwise thereo?tocause said float to rotate by impact in the water when drawn endwisetherethrough, the opposite ends of the float bein tapered 'to facilitateits travel through t e water.

1929. Serial No. 367,600.-

has its forward end providedwith a spherical member adapted to receive adraft head 5- which is formed with a socket 50 complementary to thespherical member 4, the rear end of the draft head -5- being crimped orcontracted around the corresponding portion of the head 4 to preventrelatively endwise movement of the head and float and at the same timeto permit the floatwith the spherical member -4 thereon to rotate and totilt laterally relatively to the head.

In other words, the spherical member 4-'- and draft head --5-constitutes a swivel connection between the fish line w and the float 1-to allow free angular and lateral movement of the float relatively tothe draft head and line.

The rear end of the wire rod 3 is provided with an eye '--6 abuttingagainst the i corresponding end of the float 1 to assist in holding thefloat and wire against relatively endwise movement.

A flexible rudder .7 consisting, in this instance of, a featherysubstance has its front end swiveled to the eye 6- and its remainingportions extended rearwardly therefrom to trail in the water and therebyto direct the forward; movement of the float through the water in asubstantially rectilinear path or in the direction of pull of line .a...

A plurality of, in this instance, two fish I hooks 8 are provided-withthe usual shanks having their front ends attached to the periphery ofthe rear end of the float -1 so that the main portions of the hooks vwill extend from the rear end of the float in transverse spaced relationalong the outside of the rudder --7 with the points -8'-- facingoutwardly. That is, t e rudder -7 is arranged between therearwardly'extending portions of to the draft head 5- the hooks andextends some distance rearwardly beyond the points 8 so as to facilitatethe directional guiding of the float.

Associated with each hook is a resilient guard member 9- having itsintermediate portion arched outwardly away from the shank of the hookand its front end overlapping upon the front end of the hook 8-, theoverlapping front ends of the hook 8 and guard 9- being provided withregistering apertures for receiving a screw or equivalent fastenindevice -10 which is engaged with an ad acent side of the rear end if thefloat --1 as shown'more clearly in The rear end of each of the guards 9-extends along the point 8- of the corresponding hook and is providedwith a lengthwise depression or recess -11- corresponding approximatelyto the shape of the hook point 8 for receiving said point.

The guards 9 are preferably made of light and highly resilient springmetal and when fastened to the front ends of the hooks and to the floatlare tensioned against the inner faces of the points 8 with the latterseated in their respective recesses -11.

The object of these guards is to deflect eel grass, light twigs and thelike from the points of the hooks as the device is drawn through thewater.

The rear ends of the guards 9- extend some distance beyond the points8'-- within the loops of their respective hooks and are curved inwardlyand forwardly at 12 so that if the guards are depressed inwardly bycontact with eel grass or similar fibrous materials, the latter willride freely off from the curved ends 12.

The object of arching the intermediate portions of the guards -9'outwardly beyond a direct line between their front and rear ends is tomore rapidly deflect any light obstacles which may contact therewithaway from the points of the hooks and thereby to reduce the liability ofcontacting such obstacles with the points 8.

Operation As the device is drawn through the water by the line -a-, theimpact of the water with the spiral ribs -2 of the float --1 will causesaid float and parts carried thereby to rotate more or less rapidlyrelatively while at the same time the trailing of the rudder 7- throughthe water will keep the float in the direct line of draft of the linecawhile the points of the hooks -8 will face outwardly from the rudder7- and, b reason of the more or less rapid rotation of the float andparts car ried thereby, will ofler a more attractive lure to the fishwithout exposing the exact form of the hooks.

yond the rear end of said body portion, and

a flexible rudder attached to the rear end of the body to extend betweenthe hooks.

2. A fish lure comprising an elongated body portion having means at oneend for attachment to a fish line, hooks secured to the other end of thebody and extending rearwardly therefrom in transversely spaced relationwith their hooks facing outwardly, and a flexible rudder attached to therear end of the body and extended rearwardly between the shanks and inthe plane of the hooks. my hand this 24th day of May, 1929.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set JULIUS E. SPEICH.

